The 2008 Pulitzer Prizes were presented at a luncheon at Columbia University on May 29, 2008.
View the 2008 Pulitzer Prize luncheon slide show
The slide show features photos of all winners receiving their Prizes, candid pictures from the reception preceding the luncheon and a group photo of the winners.
Harris, Pulitzer Board co-chair, welcomes luncheon guests and explains why the work of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize winners "makes me very hopeful" about the future. Harris, former publisher of the San Jose Mercury News, is now director of The Center for the Study of Journalism and Democracy at the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California.
Watch video of the presentation of the prizes by Rich Oppel
Oppel, Pulitzer Board co-chair and editor of the Austin (TX) American-Statesman bestows the 2008 Pulitzer Prizes on the winners in journalism and the arts.
How Pulitzer Prize winners are chosenFor Pulitzer board members, the hope is that winning a prize "will be a beginning, not a final wreath on a winner's head." Read the full column by Richard Oppel, Pulitzer Board co-chair, published June 8, 2008 in the American-Statesman, Austin, TX. |
Joyce Dehli joins the Pulitzer Prize BoardJoyce Dehli, vice president for news for Lee Enterprises, has been elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board. |
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